Performance Evaluation of Roughened Solar Air Heaters for Stretched Parameters

Mustafa Alaskari, Arwa M. Kadhim, Ammar A. Farhan, Moustafa Al-Damook, Mansour Al Qubeissi

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Abstract

Artificial roughness applied to a Solar Air Heater (SAH) absorber plate is a popular technique for increasing its total thermal efficiency (ηt−th). In this paper, the influence of geometrical parameters of V-down ribs attached below the corrugated absorbing plate of a SAH on the ηt−th was examined. The impacts of key roughness parameters, including relative pitch p/e (6–12), relative height e/D (0.019–0.043), angles of attack α (30–75°), and Re (1000–20,000), were examined under real weather conditions. The SAH ηt−th roughened by V-down ribs was predicted using an in-house developed conjugate heat-transfer numerical model. The maximum SAH ηt−th was shown to be 78.8% as predicted under the steady-state conditions of Re = 20,000, solar irradiance G = 1000 W/m2, p/e = 8, e/D = 0.043, and α = 60. The result was 15.7% greater efficiency compared to the default smooth surface. Under real weather conditions, the ηt−th of the roughened SAH with single- and double-glass covers were 17.7 and 20.1%, respectively, which were higher than those of the smooth SAH.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)555-569
Number of pages15
JournalClean Technologies
Volume4
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Jun 2022

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Keywords

  • PV/T
  • Solar energy
  • Thermodynamic model
  • Thermofluids
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Heat Transfer
  • Radiation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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